LUSMAGH  SET
	© 2008   Larry E. Taylor
	This set originated in County Offaly, Ireland.
	Swing in ceili hold (two revolutions in four bars and four revolutions in eight bars).
	Ladies chain:  After giving right hands at waist-level in the center, ladies take
	left-hand-in-left at waist-level with the opposite gent and they dance around one
	another (low follow);  ladies do not chain with one another when crossing to home;
	original partners take right-hand-in-right and they take an across-the-shoulder hold
	as in Figure 1.
	Steps:   Dance an ordinary polka step for Figure 4  ( down-2-3 ) and ordinary reel steps
	for Figures 1 through 3  ( lift-2-3-4  and  step, step, 3-4-5  for the advance
	and retire pattern).
	Gents dance forward on the left foot and ladies begin forward on the right foot.
	Bar counts (quantities of measures) for patterns are shown in bold.
	The total bar count for each Figure includes an eight-bar introduction of music.
	Documentation is based upon a workshop taught by Tony Ryan at Ellenville, New
	York USA on October 29, 2005.
	Edition of December 25, 2008 — Contact larryetaylor@hotmail.com

FIGURE 1 -- REELS (136 BARS)

	Dance ordinary reel steps (lift-2-3-4 and step, step, 3-4-5).
Top couples:	pass through, with ladies in the center, and turn toward one another
	to-place at opposite4;
	pass through as above except take right-hand-in-right immediately after
	having passed in the center; as original partners dance anticlockwise
	to-place, they raise right hands to the lady’s right shoulder (that is,
	hands are raised from waist-level to the shoulder during the turn
	to-place); do not hold left hands4;
	advance and retire once (step, step, 3-4-5)4;
	lead around anticlockwise to opposite4;
	repeat the preceding TWO lines to home8;
	bring right hands up/off the lady’s shoulder and swing in ceili hold8.
Side couples:	repeat from      32.
Top couples:	repeat from      32.
Side couples:	repeat from      except all couples swing finally32.

FIGURE 2 -- REELS (104 BARS)

	Dance ordinary reel steps (lift-2-3-4 and step, step, 3-4-5).
Top couples:	advance to the center and take left forearms with opposite partners;
	dance anticlockwise to face respective homes4;
	just before releasing left arms, original partners take right-hand-in-right at the
	lady’s shoulder as in Figure 1 and lead around anticlockwise
	to opposite4;
	advance and retire once4;
	lead around anticlockwise to home4;
	still holding right-hand-in-right at the lady’s shoulder, advance and retire once4;
	bring right hands up/off the lady’s shoulder and swing in ceili hold4.
Side couples:	repeat from      24.
Top couples:	repeat from      24.
Side couples:	repeat from      except all couples swing finally24.

FIGURE 3 -- REELS (104 BARS)

	Dance an ordinary reel step (lift-2-3-4).
Top couples:	ladies chain; gents face-in as original couples take right hands and ladies
	turn anticlockwise to a right-hands-across-the-lady’s-shoulder hold8;
	lead around anticlockwise8;
	bring right hands up/off the lady’s shoulder and swing in ceili hold8.
Side couples:	repeat from      24.
Top couples:	repeat from      24.
Side couples:	repeat from      except all couples swing finally24.

FIGURE 4 -- POLKAS (80 BARS)

	Dance an ordinary polka step (down-2-3).
All couples:	holding right hands at the lady’s shoulder, lead around anticlockwise8;
	still holding right hands at the lady’s shoulder, advance and retire once4;
	still holding right hands at the lady’s shoulder, lead around anticlockwise
	to opposite4;
	repeat the preceding THREE lines to home8;
	take hands in a circle and advance and retire twice8;
	repeat from     32;
	big Christmas8.

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